Sunday, January 16, 2011

Sunday Stretch Sketch

Warming up this Sunday morning. I've got a lot of kids to draw this month. Here's a simple exercise to do. Help vary the shapes of your characters. Shape and posture- gesture and tilt help convey character. Angles- softness- it all helps quickly communicate personality in cartoons.

I made a grid- and then with out any thought- any planning- scribble in some shapes. Then make someone out of each shape. Think about who you know- celebrities - hairstyles - clothing - flip thru a magazine. But don't look at anything when you do it. This is just an exercise. Nothing need be perfect. These certainly aren't. It's about being loose and letting go. Use the force Luke.

Colleen Madden and I must be psychically linked. She was doing the same thing this week.Colleen's blog of fun stuff!

Further proof that it's good to fool around. Draw for fun. You don't need a final product- always.

Um, Hello, these are AWESOME!! So reminds me of exercises we did in my animation classes in college. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Girl, you've got MAD skills! I can tell you have so much fun drawing cartoons and are great at creating different, unique characters full of life! You really inspire me, Kelly. Thanks!

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